Opinion It's Not Only John McCain. The Flag Is at Half-mast for Trump's America
Everywhere, even in gun country, southern strategy country, Trump country, there was reverence, a moment of stepping back, an expression of respect. Every place but one
Bradley Burston
Bradley Burston is a Haaretz columnist and Senior Editor of Haaretz.com which publishes his blog, "A Special Place in Hell."
During the first Palestinian uprising, Burston served as Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and was the paper's military correspondent in the 1991 Gulf War.
In the mid-1990s he covered Israeli-Arab peace talks for Reuters. In 2006, he received the Eliav-Sartawi Award for Mideast Journalism, presented at the United Nations.
A native of Los Angeles, Burston moved to Israel after graduation from Berkeley. He was part of a group which established Kibbutz Gezer, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Burston served in the IDF as a combat medic, later studying medicine in Be'er Sheva for two years before turning to journalism. He is married and has two daughters.
Rumble on the Right Pro-Israel Group Attacked for ‘Falsely’ Claiming Israel Supports Palestinian State
StandWithUs claimed Israel ‘officially supports the two-state solution’ - the Zionist Organization of America thinks that’s false, ripping the hasbara group’s statement as ‘extremely harmful’
Opinion The Flag of Palestine Is Beautiful
The real terror that Netanyahu feels is the fear that Arab and Jew will rise up together
Opinion Israel's Nation-state Law Has Redefined the Self-hating Jew
The law has given fresh ammunition to Orthodox officials who question the Jewishness – and thus, by extension, the citizenship and other rights – of nearly one of every six Israeli Jews, a million in all
Opinion Dear Bibi: Israel's in Far Worse Danger Than You Ever Thought
Somewhere inside, you know the nation-state law is the single most devastating mistake you've ever made. It's all coming out now. What you're made of. What this country is made of. You are what you hide
Opinion If You're Happy With This Israel, Clap Your Hands
Way back in October, Netanyahu paved the way for the nation-state law by making clear the underlying, unifying ideology of the pro-Israel hard right: The Zionism of Nasty
Opinion The Israel You Know Just Ended. You Can Thank Netanyahu
Look around. The country looks the same. But it doesn't feel the same. Not even close. A day of mourning has come
Opinion If Trump Goes, Netanyahu’s in Serious Trouble
What happens if Trump’s summit debacle this week proves to mark the beginning of the end of the American president’s obstacle-studded political road?
Opinion As GOP Recoils From Trump and Putin, Netanyahu Gloms On
Even for Israel – where 'normal' never is – there was something exceptionally peculiar in the prime minister's response to the Trump-Putin meeting
Opinion Netanyahu to Make It Official: Fascism Is What We Are
Benjamin Netanyahu has a message for you. 'Jewish' is not what this state is. Our message, our mission has become something else. And it starts with an F.
Trump Has Poisoned the Fourth of July
Trump has poisoned the Fourth of July. He has soiled the flag he so perversely gropes. He has poisoned America, and every single American
Opinion Zionism's Terrorist Heritage
Israel has a terrorism problem it's unwilling to talk about. Hidden in plain sight
Opinion Donald Trump Has Scarred the Caged Kids - and America - for Life
Separating the children was the dog whistle to end all dog whistles. Abusing those kids was red meat for the Nazis of today, of America. America's future? The midterms are looking more crucial by the day
Opinion Nine Reasons the Israel-Palestine Struggle Cannot Be Solved
Why can't we, two intelligent, resourceful and historically knowledgeable peoples, manage to resolve our excruciating conflict, a struggle now much older than any Israeli or Palestinian alive?
Opinion If You Boycott Israel, Shouldn't You Boycott Trump's America as Well?
There's a difference, you say? I agree. America's record is worse
Opinion Israel as a Slave State: What Do You Feel When You See That Flag?
This week, a new flag of Israel is going up, a hint of what a truly free nation might have been, and may yet be: The rainbow of the Pride flag, a Magen David in its center
Opinion What Part of Bombing a Kindergarten Is OK?
Collective punishment is immoral. Period. Whether it's rockets or the siege, whether the targets Israelis or Gazans
Opinion Nazis in America: Meet the Worst Candidates in U.S. Midterms
Avowed Jew-haters, white supremacists and Holocaust deniers vie to supplant mainstream GOP candidates
Opinion What Kind of a Man Grins Like That, Knowing the Gaza Death Toll Is Rising by Ten an Hour
All of Netanyahu's Zionist wishes just came true. Killings and all
Opinion Dumping Iran Deal May Well Spur Regime Change. But It Could Be Trump's Regime. Or Bibi's
It may be time for both men to consider why 'be careful what you wish for' is such a useful cliche